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<blockquote data-quote="RobinKumbaSy" data-source="post: 1644215" data-attributes="member: 345553"><p><strong>Working solution : Real problem detected.</strong></p><p></p><p>Hello everyone.</p><p></p><p>I might have found the real problem about the BootCamp failing to create a Bootable USB drive. </p><p></p><p>It comes from the format the BootCamp Assistant use to create this USB Drive : the FAT32 format. This format have an strange but unchangable file-size limit, and cannot copy or receive any files superior than 4 Gb. Your disc might be 8/16 Gb or 1TO, you will not be able te place ANY files superior thant 4 Gb.</p><p></p><p>In any ISO images, the heavier file is the "install.wim" located in "source>install.wim". If this file is superior thant 4 Gb, the BootCamp won't be able to copy the Windows file because of the very file-size limit problem quoted before.</p><p></p><p>The only solution in this case is to find another image lighter than 4 Gb, or with and "install.wim" lighter than 4 Gb. It can sound a bit strange that, for the same ISO, there can be different sizes, but it is a reality.</p><p></p><p>I'm explaining it more precisely in this thread here (second page, near the end) : <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1407053&page=2" target="_blank">Stuck at Copying Windows Files on Boot Camp - Page 2 - MacRumors Forums</a></p><p></p><p>I hope my post helped !</p><p>Have a nice day !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RobinKumbaSy, post: 1644215, member: 345553"] [b]Working solution : Real problem detected.[/b] Hello everyone. I might have found the real problem about the BootCamp failing to create a Bootable USB drive. It comes from the format the BootCamp Assistant use to create this USB Drive : the FAT32 format. This format have an strange but unchangable file-size limit, and cannot copy or receive any files superior than 4 Gb. Your disc might be 8/16 Gb or 1TO, you will not be able te place ANY files superior thant 4 Gb. In any ISO images, the heavier file is the "install.wim" located in "source>install.wim". If this file is superior thant 4 Gb, the BootCamp won't be able to copy the Windows file because of the very file-size limit problem quoted before. The only solution in this case is to find another image lighter than 4 Gb, or with and "install.wim" lighter than 4 Gb. It can sound a bit strange that, for the same ISO, there can be different sizes, but it is a reality. I'm explaining it more precisely in this thread here (second page, near the end) : [url=http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1407053&page=2]Stuck at Copying Windows Files on Boot Camp - Page 2 - MacRumors Forums[/url] I hope my post helped ! Have a nice day ! [/QUOTE]
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